Degenerative tissues cause tennis elbow

Despite many of our instincts to do something — anything — when we hurt, the cheapest and most efficacious treatment for tennis elbow could turn out to be time.

TENNIS elbow is not exclusive to tennis players; anyone who frequently twists an arm or carries a heavy briefcase can develop it.

But whoever they may be, sufferers of the condition in the past 10 years have generally been offered a cortisone shot as treatment.